Yes, Richard H., I think Americans do care. No one wants to see any one killed. There have been needless killings in many countries, and anyone who finds comfort in that is sick. What we are talking about now, though, is survival. There are those in the world, for whatever reason, that feel that democratic nations should be abolished. I, for one, do not support that point of view. My liberal friends on this forum share my POV on this point, but are not willing to commit to war to preserve our freedom. In other words, they want the world to be the way it was prior to 9/11. So do I, but it is not, and probably never will be.

If war is necessary to preserve what we have, then we must go to war. There are those on this forum (hell, the majority on this forum) that blame the United States for all of the ills of the world. Yet many of them live here, enjoy what we have, and bitch because they don't have enough, and others have too much. In the same breath they will decry the plight of the poor people in nations of the world who would rejoice if that had a quarter of what they have.

I just don't get it.

As to your statement about WMD, IF a group, or country, was moderately successful in detonating a nuclear device in my country or yours, even on a scale less than the ones used in WW II, it could take thousands of lives and be the start of a nuclear holocaust. If that occurred, and the U. S. responded, the same folks that are railing against the government today (assuming they survived) would probably be first in line pointing fingers and critizing the fact that we responded.

What is so disheartening to me, is to read message after message on this forum that falls right in line with what the terrorists (assuming they can type) would write. To me, 'tis sad.

DougR